#AE3E41#AE3E41

#AE3E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.147 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE3E41
RGB	rgb(174, 62, 65)
HSL	hsl(358, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 45.89, 23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 51.35, 26.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.1357 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.147 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1343, 12.8283, 6.4159)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE3E41 #3EAEAB

analogous

#AE3E79 #AE3E41 #AE733E

triadic

#AE3E41 #41AE3E #3E41AE

tetradic

#AE3E41 #79AE3E #3EAEAB #733EAE

square

#AE3E41 #79AE3E #3EAEAB #733EAE

split-complementary

#AE3E41 #3EAE73 #3E79AE

monochromatic

#541E1F #812E30 #AE3E41 #C76265 #D78F91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#AE3E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#AE3E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE3E41

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE3E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE3E41	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF2640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae3e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 62, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.147 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7975',
    500: '#ae3e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae3e41;
$custom-light: #cc7975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae3e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.393,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52203,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE3E41

secondary

#86C2C1

accent

#D7D351

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE3E41

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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